angel cakes

Noun

angel cake (countable and uncountable, plural angel cakes)

1. A layer cake consisting of two or three layers of sweet sponge (made with butter) coloured white, pink and yellow with a thin layer of white cream, which originated in Britain.
2. Angel food cake, a type of light sponge cake made without butter, which originated in the United States.
   • Use between layers of angel cake or white cake, frost cake a delicate light green, sprinkle with a few fine-cut pistachios.1923, Paul Richards, Cakes for Bakers, page 253